Indiana § 20-26-17-5 - Compensation to producer or adviser; eligibility for coverage; collectively bargained coverage
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§ 20-26-17-5. Compensation to producer or adviser; eligibility for coverage; collectively bargained coverage
Sec. 5. (a) The following apply with respect to a school corporation's employee health coverage program:
(1) If the school corporation pays a commission, a bonus, an override, a contingency fee, or any other compensation to an insurance producer or other adviser in connection with the health coverage, the school corporation shall:
(A) specify the commission, bonus, override, contingency fee, or other compensation in the school corporation's annual budget fixed under IC 6-1.1-17; and
(B) make the information specified under clause (A) available to the public upon request.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), all individuals insured under the school corporation's employee health coverage program:
(A) are eligible for the same coverage as all other individuals insured under the program; and
(B) to the extent allowed by federal law, may pay different amounts for the coverage.
(b) Except as provided in IC 5-10-8-6.7(b), a school corporation:
(1) may:
(A) make an assignment of wages upon the request of a school corporation employee in accordance with IC 22-2-6-2 to pay the school corporation employee's share of premiums for health insurance that is available to the school corporation employee as a result of a collective bargaining agreement:
(i) negotiated with the school corporation by a labor organization; and
(ii) under which the school corporation employee is covered; and
(B) pay the school corporation's share of premiums for the bargained health insurance; and
(2) is not required to make the bargained health insurance available to all school corporation employees.
As added by P.L.200-2011, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.175; P.L.143-2016, SEC.1; P.L.74-2026, SEC.85.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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